House Republicans on Friday unveiled legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government until March 28, when a new president and Congress would be able to decide agency spending and priorities for the 2025 fiscal year. However, Republicans added a contentious immigration issue to the short-term
Sentencing delayed until after election in Trump “hush money” criminal case – CBS News Watch CBS News A New York judge on Friday ruled that former President Donald Trump will be sentenced Nov. 26, about three weeks after Election Day, for his conviction on charges of falsifying business records for payments to adult film star
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) said Thursday that she now opposes an electric vehicle battery plant project tied to the Chinese Communist Party after avoiding taking a position on it for years and signing a hush agreement to participate in negotiations about it. “To me, until there’s a national security vetting,
WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill from a monthlong recess on Sept. 9 to work through an ambitious to-do list on a tight deadline. Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government by passing new spending bills or agreeing to an extension. However, lawmakers will also have other agenda items to address, including
Former President Donald Trump in the last two months has repeatedly claimed on the campaign trail that there was an 18-month period when he was in office during which no service members died in combat in Afghanistan. While Department of Defense data shows there was an 18-month stretch in which no U.S. service members were
Turnover among election officials is at its highest in at least two decades – CBS News Watch CBS News A CBS News investigation found more than a third of all top elections officials have quit or retired since the 2020 presidential election. Experts worry the inexperience of new supervisors could lead to mistakes. View CBS
Wall Street and corporate America are not exactly known for embracing uncertainty, a characteristic possibly at play as more than 90 business leaders on Friday announced they are backing Kamala Harris for president, saying the vice president would “continue to advance fair and predictable policies that support the rule of law, stability and a sound